A total of 12 Maoists have been killed in an exchange of fire during an anti-Naxal operation along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, officials said on Wednesday.
Regarding the recent Naxalite attack, which led to the death of two security personnel, IG Bastar Sundarraj P said it occurred in the tri-junction area of Bastar-Bijapur-Sukma.